Rio de Janeiro (GIG) – Sao Paulo (GRU)

Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
337 km
209 mi · 182 nm
Flight time
1 h 10 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
none
CO2 per passenger
77 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (46 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
1,487,249
Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · −3.7%
Flights / week
177
Both directions, average
Seats filled
85%
1,759,298 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
2
TAM, GLO

Traffic: ANAC (Brazil), Dados Estatísticos do Transporte Aéreo, scheduled flights, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

Great circle from GIG to GRUGIGGRU
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from GIG
258°
Heading from GRU
79°
Halfway point
-23.13, -44.86
Great-circle km
336 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Same time in both

The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)Busiest: October 2025: 138,420 passengers
050K100K150KSepOct138.4KNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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Month Passengers
Sep 2025133,593
Oct 2025138,420
Nov 2025134,417
Dec 2025131,639
Jan 2026132,687
Feb 2026117,453
Mar 2026121,042
Apr 2026101,154
May 2026124,829
Jun 2026117,831
Jul 2026110,076
Aug 2026124,108
Flights per month, both directions (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)Busiest: October 2025: 851 flights
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Month Flights
Sep 2025835
Oct 2025851
Nov 2025807
Dec 2025833
Jan 2026820
Feb 2026751
Mar 2026778
Apr 2026592
May 2026785
Jun 2026720
Jul 2026700
Aug 2026747

Airlines flying GIG–GRU nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
TAMTAM Linhas Aéreas S.A.117
70%
GLOGOL Linhas Aéreas S.A.59
30%

Both directions, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. ANAC (Brazil), Dados Estatísticos do Transporte Aéreo, scheduled flights. Sources

What tickets sold for

Average fare sold, Aug 2026
R$ 696
One way, before airport fees
Middle half of tickets
R$ 306–778
Median R$ 466
Average over 12 months
R$ 549
Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
Tickets sold, Aug 2026
7,132
Both directions
Average fare sold per month, R$ (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)Highest: August 2026: 696 reais
05001KSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug696
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Month Reais
Sep 2025508
Oct 2025558
Nov 2025494
Dec 2025641
Jan 2026611
Feb 2026587
Mar 2026591
Apr 2026465
May 2026416
Jun 2026549
Jul 2026606
Aug 2026696

History, not a price to book: the average of every fare sold to the public in each month (the month of sale, not of travel), seat by seat, one way and before airport fees. Miles and corporate fares are not included.

ANAC (Brazil), Tarifas Aéreas Domésticas (CC BY). Fonte: ANAC. Sources

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 336 km.

Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).

Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.

Every airport pair between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Rio de Janeiro airports · All Sao Paulo airports

More routes from GIG

Route Distance Passengers / year
GIG → POA1,121 km 1,148,850
GIG → SCL2,937 km 1,031,084
GIG → AEP1,968 km 1,003,919
GIG → SSA1,214 km 909,405
GIG → REC1,853 km 878,624
GIG → VIX417 km 824,564
GIG → CWB673 km 797,804
GIG → FOR2,167 km 758,621
GIG → BSB911 km 721,733
GIG → CNF359 km 672,631

More routes from GRU

Route Distance Passengers / year
GRU → POA864 km 1,939,098
GRU → REC2,095 km 1,925,053
GRU → CWB359 km 1,457,725
GRU → CNF494 km 1,441,048
GRU → SCL2,617 km 1,380,638
GRU → SSA1,448 km 1,305,608
GRU → BSB851 km 1,287,822
GRU → AEP1,693 km 1,282,051
GRU → FOR2,336 km 1,249,285
GRU → FLN514 km 1,073,390

Questions

Rio de Janeiro (GIG) and Sao Paulo (GRU) are 337 km (209 miles, 182 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.